Dialect comparison

Bairisch vs Hessisch

Compare two dialects of German side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.

Bairisch

Bavarian · Bavarian-Austrian

A large Upper German dialect group spoken across Bavaria and most of Austria, with distinctive vowel shifts and vocabulary far removed from Standard German.

Approximate centre
48.14°, 11.57°
Hessisch

Hessian

A Central German dialect group covering Hesse around Frankfurt. The Frankfurt variety is widely recognisable from German television and theatre.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
50.11°, 8.68°

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